1 Timothy 5:13

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Besides that, they learn to be idle, gadding about from house to house, and they are not merely idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not say.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:19

A gossip reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a babbler.

Acts 20:30

Some even from your own group will come distorting the truth in order to entice the disciples to follow them.

Proverbs 31:27

She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

Titus 1:11

they must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for sordid gain what it is not right to teach.

Acts 20:20

I did not shrink from doing anything helpful, proclaiming the message to you and teaching you publicly and from house to house,

Luke 10:7

Remain in the same house, eating and drinking whatever they provide, for the laborer deserves to be paid. Do not move about from house to house.

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand idly by when the blood of your neighbor is at stake: I am the Lord.

3 John 1:10

So if I come, I will call attention to what he is doing in spreading false charges against us. And not content with those charges, he refuses to welcome the brothers and sisters and even prevents those who want to do so and expels them from the church.

1 Peter 4:15

But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, a criminal, or even as a mischief maker.

James 3:10

From the same mouth comes a blessing and a curse. My brothers and sisters, this ought not to be so.

Proverbs 7:11

She is loud and wayward; her feet do not stay at home;

Proverbs 11:13

A gossip goes about telling secrets, but one who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a confidence.

1 Timothy 5:12

and so they incur condemnation for having violated their first pledge.